The Gill’s Charity Fund

Closing Date:

Mar 14, 2025 13:00

• Area:

• Project must be strictly aimed at older people resident in the Borough of Carrickfergus only (as per the old Local Government area).

• Grant size:

• Grants available up to £3,500

• Priorities:

• Groups requesting smaller value awards; locally based projects primarily supporting local people.

The Gill’s Charity Fund offers funding to organisations for projects for the benefit of older people resident in the Borough of Carrickfergus (as per the old Local Government area).

In recognition of the needs of older people, and the great work that groups supporting older people are doing, the Community Foundation acquired the management and administration of the Gill’s Charity Fund in 2021.  The Fund will be accessible annually.

The Thomas Devlin Fund

Closing Date:

Mar 28, 2025 13:00

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Grants up to £1,750

• Priorities:

• In 2025, the Fund will offer grants to young people, aged between 15-19, who would like to study or pursue a career in any one of the three categories of creative arts, performing arts, and music.

The Thomas Devlin Fund has now re-opened for 2025 for applications from gifted young people, aged 15 to 19 years, who would like to study, or pursue a career, in creative arts, performing arts or music. The fund was set up in memory of Thomas Devlin who, at the age of 15, was murdered in an unprovoked attack in 2005.

RTÉ Toy Show Appeal 2025 – Addressing Essential Needs Grants

Closing Date:

Mar 21, 2025 13:00

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Community Grants up to £10,000 and Impact Grant up to £35,000 will be awarded.

• Priorities:

• We anticipate that this will be a very competitive grant round so proposals that meet most or all the priorities below will be prioritised for funding: Projects that have a strongly justified need based on research or formal feedback. This should be referenced in the application. Projects or programmes that are centred around principles of prevention and early intervention. Proposals that have strongly articulated the impact of the project on the direct beneficiaries and wider community as well as for the direct beneficiaries. Projects that have the potential to be sustained beyond the life of this grant. Projects that will include the voice and feedback of beneficiaries in its development. For charities who are applying for an Impact award (see further information on the Community vs Impact awards below), there are additional priorities: Projects that show innovation. Proposals that have strongly articulated the impact of the project on the organisation itself and the potential systemic change as a result of the project. Proposals that include evaluation as a part of the project and budget. Proposals that outline factors that ensure the success of the project.

The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal was established in 2020 to raise funds for Irish children’s charities through the televised Late Late Toy Show. Since then, more than €26 million has been raised to support these charities.

The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal mission is: Inspired by children, we work to bring the magic of the Late Late Toy Show to every child in Ireland. By funding essential support, health, wellbeing, play and creativity we aim to change children’s lives for good.

Last year €3.8 million was raised and distributed in 127 grants to support more than 1.1 million children and their family members all across Ireland. Thanks to the continued generosity of the Irish public, this year the Appeal raised over €4,800,000 which will be distributed through the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Grant Rounds in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Each grant round will centre around three themes:

Addressing Essential Needs
Improving Wellbeing
Creativity and Play

RTÉ Toy Show Appeal 2025 – Creativity and Play Grants

Closing Date:

Mar 21, 2025 13:00

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Community Grants up to £10,000 and Impact Grant up to £35,000 will be awarded.

• Priorities:

• We anticipate that this will be a very competitive grant round so proposals that meet most or all the priorities below will be prioritised for funding: Projects that have a strongly justified need based on research or formal feedback. This should be referenced in the application. Projects or programmes that are centred around principles of prevention and early intervention. Proposals that have strongly articulated the impact of the project on the direct beneficiaries and wider community as well as for the direct beneficiaries. Projects that have the potential to be sustained beyond the life of this grant. Projects that will include the voice and feedback of beneficiaries in its development. For charities who are applying for an Impact award (see further information on the Community vs Impact awards below), there are additional priorities: Projects that show innovation. Proposals that have strongly articulated the impact of the project on the organisation itself and the potential systemic change as a result of the project. Proposals that include evaluation as a part of the project and budget. Proposals that outline factors that ensure the success of the project.

The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal was established in 2020 to raise funds for Irish children’s charities through the televised Late Late Toy Show. Since then, more than €26 million has been raised to support these charities.

The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal mission is: Inspired by children, we work to bring the magic of the Late Late Toy Show to every child in Ireland. By funding essential support, health, wellbeing, play and creativity we aim to change children’s lives for good.

Last year €3.8 million was raised and distributed in 127 grants to support more than 1.1 million children and their family members all across Ireland. Thanks to the continued generosity of the Irish public, this year the Appeal raised over €4,800,000 which will be distributed through the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Grant Rounds in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Each grant round will centre around three themes:

Addressing Essential Needs
Improving Wellbeing
Creativity and Play

RTÉ Toy Show Appeal 2025 – Improving Wellbeing Grants

Closing Date:

Mar 21, 2025 13:00

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Community Grants up to £10,000 and Impact Grant up to £35,000 will be awarded.

• Priorities:

• We anticipate that this will be a very competitive grant round so proposals that meet most or all the priorities below will be prioritised for funding: Projects that have a strongly justified need based on research or formal feedback. This should be referenced in the application. Projects or programmes that are centred around principles of prevention and early intervention. Proposals that have strongly articulated the impact of the project on the direct beneficiaries and wider community as well as for the direct beneficiaries. Projects that have the potential to be sustained beyond the life of this grant. Projects that will include the voice and feedback of beneficiaries in its development. For charities who are applying for an Impact award (see further information on the Community vs Impact awards below), there are additional priorities: Projects that show innovation. Proposals that have strongly articulated the impact of the project on the organisation itself and the potential systemic change as a result of the project. Proposals that include evaluation as a part of the project and budget. Proposals that outline factors that ensure the success of the project.

The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal was established in 2020 to raise funds for Irish children’s charities through the televised Late Late Toy Show. Since then, more than €26 million has been raised to support these charities.

The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal mission is: Inspired by children, we work to bring the magic of the Late Late Toy Show to every child in Ireland. By funding essential support, health, wellbeing, play and creativity we aim to change children’s lives for good.

Last year €3.8 million was raised and distributed in 127 grants to support more than 1.1 million children and their family members all across Ireland. Thanks to the continued generosity of the Irish public, this year the Appeal raised over €4,800,000 which will be distributed through the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Grant Rounds in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Each grant round will centre around three themes:

Addressing Essential Needs
Improving Wellbeing
Creativity and Play

The SWEF Enterprise Fund

Ongoing - No Deadline

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Up to £2,000

• Priorities:

• To be eligible to apply, you need to: - Be between the ages of 18-30 - Live in Northern Ireland - Be running your own business which has been trading for no more than 2 years or planning to start your own business imminently - Be from a low-income household or facing other financial challenges preventing you from developing your business

Community Foundation NI is working in partnership with SWEF Enterprise Fund which helps young people from Northern Ireland develop their business idea and gain support with business investment that they would otherwise not be able to afford.

Grants of up to £2,000 are available to help young people in Northern Ireland who are running their own business which has been trading for no more than 2 years or planning to start their own business imminently, to help a business expand or become more sustainable.

Micro Community Investment Fund

Ongoing - No Deadline

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Up to £1,500

• Priorities:

• Financial wellbeing, physical wellbeing and mental wellbeing. Focus on the positive contribution of people within the community. Enable active participation of a community in decision-making and involvement in making their community a better place to live in. Focus on the assets within the community which the project will use to make the community a better place to live in. Help get people engaged in taking community action where it hasn’t happened before to make the community a better place to live in. Projects that address more than one particular strand of well being.

The Micro Community Investment Fund has been launched in partnership with Bank of Ireland and Comic Relief, in recognition and celebration of the contribution of voluntary groups and people to our society and the need for a simple application process for small amounts of funding.

The fund will provide valuable investment for community initiatives making a difference in towns and villages across Northern Ireland.